The following statistics are through nine weeks of racing at Independence Motor Speedway. Be sure to read through to the end as I've added a new section. If you thought the normal stuff I include isn't worth knowing, settle in.
Car Count
Division - Average - High - Low
Late Model - 25.0 - 28 - 23
Modified - 30.4 - 35 - 25
Stock Car - 18.4 - 22 - 17
SportMod - 27.4 - 31 - 24
Hobby Stock - 19.9 - 23 - 13
TOTAL - 121.2 - 131 - 109
Points
* 193 drivers have earned points so far this season.
* Among those 193 drivers, 74 different hometowns are represented.
* Only three of five points leaders have won features: Darren Ackerman (Late Model), Darin Duffy (Modified) and Josh Irvine (Hobby Stock). Points leaders without victories include Phil Holtz (Stock Car) and Kyle Bentley (SportMod).
* While no driver has held the points lead every week through nine weeks, Darren Ackerman has led the Late Model points for the last four weeks and Darin Duffy (Modifieds) has been atop the points for the last eight weeks.
* 19 different drivers have held the points lead for at least one week this season: Four different drivers have led the Late Model points, two in Modifieds, six in Stock Cars, four in SportMods and three in Hobby Stocks.
* 22 drivers have remained in the top-10 in the points all nine weeks:
Late Model (3): Darren Ackerman, Jon Passick, Bryan Klein;
Modified (3): Darin Duffy, Troy Cordes, Max Corporon;
Stock Car (6): Shane Manson, Jason Hocken, Brian Irvine, Phil Holtz, Norman Chesmore, Jarod Weepie;
SportMod (4): Kyle Bentley, Kaleb Bentley, Drew Fish, Jim Buhlman;
Hobby Stock (6): Vince Buchholz, Josh Irvine, Quinton Miller, Justin Lichty, Wes Stanek, Jeremiah Wilson.
* 9 drivers have remained in the top-5 in the points all nine weeks:
Late Model (1): Darren Ackerman;
Modified (3): Darin Duffy, Troy Cordes, Max Corporon;
Stock Car (1): Jason Hocken;
SportMod (1): Kyle Bentley;
Hobby Stock (3): Quinton Miller, Vince Buchholz, Justin Lichty.
Feature Winners
* Among all five divisions, no starting position has produced more than three feature winners, however six different starting positions among all divisions have produced three feature winners. They are: Late Models (outside row 6), Modifieds (outside row 1 and outside row 5), Stock Cars (inside row 3), SportMod (outside row 2), Hobby Stock (outside row 4).
* Jason Snyder's Modified win on July 11 from inside the second row is the only inside row starting position to produce a Modified feature winner.
* Brian Irvine has won five Stock Car features this season. His career total wins in the division at Independence is 24.
* Every starting position in the first six rows of feature competition has produced at least one feature winner. No winners have come from deeper than the sixth row.
Top-10s
* 127 drivers have earned at least one top-10 finish this season.
* 3 drivers have earned top-10 finishes in all nine features:
Late Model (28 different drivers with at least one top-10 finish): None with all nine top-10s;
Modified (29): Darin Duffy;
Stock Car (22): Jason Hocken;
SportMod (25): None with all six top-10s;
Hobby Stock (23): Quinton Miller.
Top-5s
* 87 drivers have earned at least one top-5 finish this season:
Late Model (21 different drivers with at least one top-5 finish);
Modified (17);
Stock Car (14);
SportMod (21);
Hobby Stock (14).
* Only Darin Duffy (Modified) has earned top-5 finishes in all nine features.
Top-3s
* 70 drivers have earned at least one top-3 finish this season:
Late Model (169 drivers with at least one top-3 finish);
Modified (12);
Stock Car (11);
SportMod (16);
Hobby Stock (12).
* Darin Duffy (Modified) leads all drivers with seven top-3 finishes. Four drivers are tied for second with five top-3 finishes apiece. Among them... Troy Cordes (Modified) has a win, two seconds and two thirds; Brian Irvine (Stock Car) and Josh Irvine (Hobby Stock) each have five top-3s... all feature victories; Justin Temeyer (Stock Cars) has earned all five of his top-3 finishes in the last five weeks. Temeyer's streak of finishes over that time includes 1, 3, 3, 1, 3.
Feature Lap Leaders
* 56 drivers have led at least one lap of feature competition.
* Division lap leaders include:
Late Model (15 different lap leaders): Darren Ackerman (35 laps led), Dale Stolte (25), Chad Lerch, (25), Darin Burco (24);
Modified (11 different lap leaders): Darin Duffy (45 laps led), Don Erger (20), Cory Bauer (18), Jason Snyder (18);
Stock Car (8 different lap leaders): Justin Temeyer (71 laps led), Brian Irvine (61), Dan Trimble (35), Jarod Weepie (7);
SportMod (10 different lap leaders): Danny Dvorak (34 laps led), Chris Luloff (19), Lucas Lundry (19), Joel Rust (13);
Hobby Stock (12 different lap leaders): Josh Irvine (39 laps led), Wes Stanek (22), Matt Brown (21), Matt Burmeister (10).
Heat Races
* There have been 74 different heat race winners in 137 heat races.
* Justin Temeyer has won six consecutive heat races and seven overall to lead all drivers.
* 34 drivers have won multiple heat races.
Division leaders include:
Late Model (17 different heat winners): Jon Passick (4 wins); 8 drivers are tied with (2 each);
Modified (19 different heat winners): Max Corporon and Johnathan Thimmesch (4 wins each); Ronn Lauritzen (3);
Stock Car (8 different heat winners): Justin Temeyer (7 wins); Dan Trimble (4); Norman Chesmore (3), Shane Manson (2);
SportMod (16 different heat winners): Danny Dvorak, Jake Strayer (4 wins each); Chris Luloff, Josh Sherbon, Kurt Hogan (3 each);
Hobby Stock (14 different heat winners): Matt Brown (5 wins); Josh Irvine (4); Don Arnold, Vince Buchholz, Justin Lichty (2 each).
Efficiency Stats
* A total of 211 races have been run this season.
* A total of 2,070 green flag laps have been completed.
* A total of 229 caution flags have been thrown.
* The Stock Car division has had only 19 total caution flags through 29 races and 348 laps of competition.
Since the year 2000...
* 620 feature events have been completed in weekly competition.
* 149 different drivers have visited victory lane.
* A new face finds victory lane every 4.16 races.
* There have been:
31 different Late Model winners in 132 events;
29 Modified winners in 136 events;
23 Stock Car winners in 137 events;
44 Hobby Stock winners in 136 events;
22 SportMod/B Mod winners in 79 events.
* Division leaders include:
Late Model: Curt Martin (37 wins since 2000), Darren Ackerman (13), Greg Kastli (11);
Modified: Vern Jackson (26); Troy Cordes (23); Jerry Luloff and Darin Duffy (13 each);
Stock Car: Dan Trimble (32), Brian Irvine (24), Jarod Weepie (17), Justin Temeyer (16);
Hobby Stock: Brian Irvine (16), Chris Luloff (15), Josh Irvine (11), Patrick Stansbery (9); SportMod/B Mod: Joe Docekal (18); Brian Kunkle (8); Josh Sherbon and Danny Dvorak (6 each).
Qualifying Streaks
* The longest currently active feature qualifying streaks for weekly competition in each division include:
Late Model: Darren Ackerman has qualified for 40 consecutive features. His last miss was June 3, 2006. Others include, Travis Smock (32), Bryan Klein (18), Jon Passick (14);
Modified: Jerry Luloff has qualified for 178 consecutive features (July 5, 1997), Johnathan Thimmesch (22), Troy Cordes (19), Darin Duffy (11);
Stock Car: Jarod Weepie has has qualified for 117 consecutive features (June 9, 2001), Norman Chesmore (54), Brian Irvine (43), Jason Hocken (27);
Hobby Stock: Josh Irvine has qualified for 43 consecutive features (May 27, 2006), Jeremiah Wilson (32), Vince Buchholz (30), Matt Brown (26);
SportMod/B Mod: Mary Handberg has qualified for 47 consecutive features (August 27, 2005), Jim Buhlman (40), Kevin Robinson (19), Danny Dvorak and Kaleb Bentley (18 each).
Stuff Nobody Should Know...
* The last time there were no rain outs during a month with five Saturdays when track points were awarded was July of 2006. August 2009 has five Saturdays.
* There have been 45 features so far this season. Of the winners, 26 started on the outside and 19 started from the inside.
* Brian and Josh Irvine have each won five features. Three times this season they won on the same night. May 30 and June 6 are the only nights an Irvine has not been in victory lane. At least one of them has won during each of the last five weeks.
* Darin Duffy has won four features this season; twice from outside the fifth row and twice from outside the sixth row.
* Five drivers have won features leading flag-to-flag in races when the time limit did not take effect.
* Three of the nine Modified feature winners led from flag-to-flag. In two of those events, the time limit was enforced. In all of the other six Modified features, no winner led prior to lap six. For three weeks in a row (June 27, July 11, July 18), the eventual Modified winner took the lead exactly on lap six.
* Justin Temeyer has won two Stock Car features, but he has held the lead for at least one lap in seven of the division's nine features so far this season. The only two he didn't lead? 1) On opening night when he broke in the heat race and didn't start the feature, and 2) When Dan Trimble led flag-to-flag on May 30.
* For a three week stretch (June 6, 20 and 27), no Late Model feature winner took the lead until there were four laps or fewer reamining in the race. During that three-week span, the feature winners led for a total of only nine out of 75 laps.
* The Hobby Stock division is the only division not to produce a flag-to-flag winner this year.
* No Late Model driver has finished in the same top-10 feature position more than twice.
* Dan Trimble (Stock Car) and Jake Strayer (SportMod) lead all drivers with three second place feature finishes apiece.
* 129 different drivers have spent time in the top-10 in his/her division's point standings this season.
* Starting with the first lap of the May 30 Late Model feature through lap seven of the June 20 Late Model feature, a car with a letter in its number led every lap (57 consecutive laps). Dale Hackwell Jr. (#145) ended that streak by leading the next 14 laps. Rick Dralle took over the lead on lap 22 of that feature, and every lap leader through lap three of the July 18 Late Model feature drove a car with a letter in its number. You guessed it, that was also for 57 consecutive laps.
* Cars with odd numbers currently lead the points in all five divisions. I researched it to see the last time the track champions possessed either all odd or all even numbers. Couldn't find it. Chances are, something's gotta give... right?
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